I R E L A N D! ..... I R E L A N D!! ..... Together Standing Tall

For those of you from Non-Rugby playing Nations, you may not have heard of the Rugby World Cup Party we’re having down here in NZ.... & last night the Parties would have been in full swing in every Irish Pub up & down New Zealand & Ireland! What a game! Ireland played out of their skins & were the deserved winners over the Aussies.

You’d have been hard pressed to find a Kiwi who wasn’t screaming for the Green Team! Especially in those last 3 minutes when Ireland’s Tommy Bowe picked off a fantastic intercept and raced 98 metres toward the Irish try line before Aussie’s James O'Connor caught him and tackled him into touch just a couple of metres short of the line! Heart racing, voice hoarse, I thought I was going to have a heart attack!

It was the final nail in the coffin though for the hapless Aussies, with only a minute to go, they were now down the wrong end of the paddock.

GAME OVER!      IRELAND 15 – AUSTRALIA 6

As the lovely wee Irish Captain, Brian O’Driscoll said at the end of the game - “ You’d swear we were playing in Dublin with that crowd”!

Most exciting game of the tournament. Am so thrilled for all those Irish fans who have travelled 'Downunder' to support their team.     I don’t think I’d be exaggerating if I said that every Kiwi in NZ wanted to be Irish last night.

GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE TOURNAMENT IRELAND!

Listen here to the crowd as they belt out the Irish Rugby anthem

Watch here as the fans go wild during the last few minutes of the game.